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Sensory play is a key part of your child’s development. It builds fine motor skills, helps children develop a sense of themselves and aids memory function. Here are Nanny Anita’s best crafts and activities to support sensory play.

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Exploring Magnets: A Sensory Tray

Nanny Anita
13 January, 2020
Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living
This exploring magnets sensory tray was inspired by BB when he was playing with a train set. He had discovered that a magnetic pen would attach itself to the magnetic couplers on the train. He was fascinated by...
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Frozen Inspired Play Dough Invitation to Play

Nanny Anita
18 November, 2019
Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living
The new Frozen 2 movie comes out this Friday! In honor of its release we have been playing with this Frozen inspired play dough invitation to play. Make sure you follow my play dough board on Pinterest for m...
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Autumn Scene Sensory Tray

Nanny Anita
13 November, 2019
Crafts & Activities, Living
It has been a while since I last made up a sensory box. Autumn is the perfect time to create an autumn scene sensory tray; there are just so many wonderful things to explore. The last time I made an autumn tray...
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Exploring Light Treasure Basket

Nanny Anita
16 September, 2019
Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living
We do love getting the light box out every now and then. BB was asking for it just the other week. This time I thought I would go a little bit further and create an exploring light treasure basket to go with it...
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Chickpea Sensory Counting Tray

Nanny Anita
4 September, 2019
Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living
Over the last couple of weeks BB has suddenly started counting. He tries hard to count items correctly, sometimes he will do it perfectly, most of the time he doesn’t. Not that that matters. He is only 2 after ...
oil and water play

Oil and Water Play Activity

Nanny Anita
2 September, 2019
Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living
There are times when I need a quick activity that I can give to BB to keep him entertained while I either finish up dinner, or try to do something with the older 2. This oil and water play activity fit perfectl...
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Water Bead Sensory Bottle

Nanny Anita
8 July, 2019
Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living
We love playing with water beads here. They are just so relaxing. I can’t wait to use them with BB, but because of the risks they pose if swallowed, we will be sticking to making a water bead sensory bottle. ...
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Zen Garden to Help Children Calm Down

Nanny Anita
24 June, 2019
Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living
EC often finds falling asleep difficult. He lies there, sometimes for hours, trying to drift off. Which, obviously, gets very frustrating for him. We have tried everything to help him. Audiobooks, massages, cal...
hidden letter sensory tray

Hidden Letter Sensory Tray

Nanny Anita
27 May, 2019
Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living
We haven’t been actively teaching BB his phonics, but about once a week since his birth I’ve put a You Tube video of the jolly phonics on for him to listen to/watch while I topped and tailed him. As you can ima...
Kinetic sand sensory tray

Kinetic Sand Sensory Tray

Nanny Anita
13 May, 2019
Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living
I done quite a few sensory trays with BB using rice, but I wanted to see how he would do with sand. He seems to have a love hate relationship with the stuff. When we’ve been to the beach he loves to play in it,...
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